In July of 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“Federal Circuit”) held that tribal sovereign immunity does not apply in inter partes review (IPR) proceedings. Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe v. Mylan Pharm., Inc., 896 F.3d 1322, 1329 (Fed. Cir. 2018). But they left “for another day the question of whether there […]

SUMMARY: Acknowledging a lack of clear disavowal of claim scope, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit nevertheless recently upheld the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas’ claim construction limiting the scope of the phrase “high quality of service connection.” Iridescent Networks, Inc. v. AT&T Mobility, LLC, No. 2018-1449, 2019 […]